Health 10 Quarter 3 Notes PDF

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This document is a set of notes on global health initiatives and organizations, covering topics such as the Global Fund, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI), and the World Health Organization (WHO). The notes cover various aspects of global organizations, their objectives and roles in tackling health issues.

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HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". 2.​ GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR...

HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". 2.​ GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS (GAVI) ​ understanding of health care in an international and interdisciplinary context ​ includes the study, research, and practice of medicine with focus and emphasis on improving health and health care equity for populations worldwide ​ a global Vaccine Alliance ​ bringing together public and private sectors with the shared goal of creating equal ​ cover both medical and non-medical access to new and underused disciplines such as epidemiology, vaccines for children living in sociology, economic disparities, the world’s poorest countries public policy, environmental factors, cultural studies, etc 3.​ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) 1.​ GLOBAL FUND ​ designated to serve as the lead agency tasked to direct and coordinate with all member nations regarding ​ a partnership designed to leadership, supervision, accelerate the end of AIDS, technical support, and Tuberculosis, and Malaria as education on matters about epidemics health ​ a financing mechanism rather than an implementing agency MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". 4.​ UNITED NATIONS world, with presence in 192 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME countries and territories. (UNDP) a.​ ACCELERATING THE END OF AIDS, TB, MALARIA AS EPIDEMICS -​ a health initiative of global fund ​ the United Nations' global -​ Global Fund mobilizes and development network. It invests more than 4 billion advocates for change and dollars a year to support connects countries to programs run by local experts knowledge, experience, and in more than 100 countries. resources to help people build -​ The money comes from 92% a better life for themselves from the donor government 5.​ UNITED NATIONS and 8% from the private INTERNATIONAL sectors and foundations. CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF) -​ The budget is spent to support programs that fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. -​ The effective implementation and monitoring of grants is at the core of our work to end of HIV, TB and malaria as epidemics and forms the ​ a United Nations’ agency longest part of the funding responsible for providing cycle humanitarian and b.​ INNOVATION FOR UPTAKE, developmental aid to children SCALE AND EQUITY IN worldwide. IMMUNIZATION (INFUSE) ​ among the most widespread -​ An initiative of GAVI and recognizable social -​ seeks to bridge the gap welfare organizations in the between vaccine delivery MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". innovators and implementing equality and leaving no one countries. behind c.​ ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY g.​ DIGITAL HEALTH INITIATIVE CITIES -​ An initiative of UNICEF -​ made by WHO -​ an initiative to strengthen -​ an international network health systems by designing aiming to protect and and deploying digitally enhance the health of city enabled solutions. dwellers through legislation h.​ STRENGTHENING HEALTH and issues. SYSTEMS d.​ WHO FRAMEWORK -​ Made by UNICEF CONVENTION ON TOBACCO -​ an inclusive health system CONTROL (WHO-FCTC) for children to survive and -​ the first treaty negotiated thrive and become a resilient under the auspices of the individual World Health Organization that seeks to control tobacco consumption. I.​ ACCELERATING THE END OF e.​ WHO’S GLOBAL STRATEGY AIDS, TB, MALARIA AS TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL EPIDEMICS EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ➔​ bolsters initiatives and -​ a resolution on public health programs that fight TB, problems caused by harmful Malaria and AIDS use of alcohol approved by ➔​ sufficient budget gives the World Health Assembly year mechanism to sustain certain 2005 (WHA 58.26); thus, programs anchored on such recognizing that alcohol has a noble objectives worldwide impact and that II.​ INNOVATION FOR UPTAKE, strategies exist to reduce such SCALE AND EQUITY IN an impact IMMUNIZATION (INFUSE) f.​ UNDP STRATEGIC PLAN ➔​ ensures that vaccines for -​ By UNDP immunity are sufficient in -​ anchored on the 2030 Agenda target countries. This helps for Sustainable Development boost the immune system of and committed to the target beneficiaries principles of universality, MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". III.​ ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY eradicating poverty in all its CITIES forms and dimensions ➔​ It encourages local ➔​ accelerates structural governments to incorporate transformations for health issues and health sustainable development and concerns into all aspects of building resilience to crises public policy and shocks IV.​ WHO FRAMEWORK VII.​ DIGITAL HEALTH INITIATIVE CONVENTION ON TOBACCO ➔​ lessens the number of CONTROL (WHO-FCTC) children that misses ➔​ aims at protecting present and life-saving vaccinations, future generations from the treatment, and health devastating health, social, monitoring which outdated environmental, and economic health system fails to keep on consequences of tobacco track consumption and exposure to VIII.​ STRENGTHENING HEALTH tobacco secondhand smoking SYSTEMS V.​ WHO’S GLOBAL STRATEGY ➔​ provides access to safe TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL water, sanitation, hygiene and EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL provide support to primary ➔​ establishes norms and creates health care especially at the a framework to support both community level domestic action and international cooperation on alcohol consumption 1.​ ACCELERATING THE END OF ➔​ reduces harmful use of AIDS, TB, MALARIA AS alcohol through effective EPIDEMICS policy measures and by ★​ The Results Report 2019 providing relevant shows great progress against infrastructures for tobacco some of the biggest control in target countries in challenges in the fight against the whole world the three diseases achieved in VI.​ UNDP STRATEGIC PLAN countries where the Global ➔​ helps countries in achieving Fund invested: sustainable development by MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". a.​ 18.9 million people ★​ Since 2016, GAVI has received antiretroviral immunized nearly 200 therapy for HIV. million children and is ahead b.​ 719,000 HIV-positive of reaching 300 million mothers received children by 2020 medicine to keep ★​ breadth of protection has them alive and increased, by 10 percentage prevent transmitting points in the last year alone HIV to their babies. and 21 percentage points c.​ 5.3 million people since the beginning of the tested and treated for strategy period TB ★​ Since its inception in 2000, d.​ 131 million mosquito Gavisupported immunization nets distributed to programmed in Africa have protect families from helped avert 7.5 million malaria deaths ★​ In Rwanda in east Africa, the ★​ Over 250 million children Global Fund has supported were immunized with the expansion of community pentavalent vaccine health insurance coverage for (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, 3.3 million people on low Hep B and Hib) since 2000. incomes, including ★​ Since inception, nearly 130 approximately 300 000 million children were people living with HIV/AIDS immunized with and 150 000 orphans pneumococcal vaccine ★​ about one-third of against the leading cause of expenditures supported by pneumonia the Global Fund are already ★​ Nearly 78 million children devoted to upgrading were immunized since 2000 health-care infrastructures with rotavirus vaccine against and to training and capacity the leading cause of severe building for health-care diarrhea personnel ★​ Over 3.1 million girls in 2.​ INNOVATION FOR UPTAKE, Africa have been immunized SCALE AND EQUITY IN against human IMMUNIZATION (INFUSE) papillomavirus (HPV), which MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". is the main cause of cervical ★​ In Kenya since 2013, there cancer has been a 20% increase in 3.​ ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY Tobacco tax revenues due to CITIES new regulations ★​ The first Healthy Cities ★​ Between 2001 and 2007, the Programs were launched in proportion of currently developed countries (i.e. smoking students who Canada, USA, Australia, wanted to stop smoking many European nations) increased ★​ The programs have proven ★​ The budget for health in the successful in increasing Philippines has increased, understanding of health and particularly for universal environment linkages and in health care after raising the the creation of intersectoral tax imposed on cigarettes. partnerships to ensure a 5.​ WHO’S GLOBAL STRATEGY sustainable, widespread TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL programs EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ★​ Taiwan was able to develop a ★​ The United States saw a 16% well organized framework median decline in motor and model to encourage vehicle crashes strong leadership in local ★​ Brazil reduced the opening governments and to promote hours of bars from 24 hours a participation and engagement day to closure at 11 pm was in their communities associated with a 44% drop 4.​ WHO FRAMEWORK in homicides CONVENTION ON TOBACCO ★​ The Russian Federation CONTROL (WHO-FCTC) implemented alcohol control ★​ Nearly 22 million future measures in 2003. By 2016, premature recorded consumption of smoking-attributable deaths alcohol had fallen by 40% were averted because of ★​ Over the same period strong implementation of all-cause mortality dropped demand reduction measures by 39% in men and 36% in adopted by countries between women, with the sharpest 2007 and 2014 decline in causes of death MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". linked to alcohol ★​ Around the world, 85.8 consumption million mothers, community ★​ In 2019, the WHO European health workers, vaccinators, region is the only region that and health facility staff in 18 has a significant reduction on countries have benefited from alcohol per capita digital health platforms and consumption which surpassed the communities they connect a 10% relative reduction in to the health system comparison with 2010 ★​ In October 2018, more than 6.​ UNDP STRATEGIC PLAN 37 million Pakistan children ★​ Global poverty has fallen received measles vaccination from 35 per cent in 1990 to during a 12-day under 10 per cent in 2016, supplementary immunization reducing the number of poor campaign, using real-time people in the world by over 1 monitoring powered by billion RapidPro, according to ★​ Panama achieved government reports high-income status in 2018, ★​ As of December 2019, in leading to a decline in core Bangladesh, initial results regular resources from indicate that 89 per cent of UNDP registered pregnant women ★​ Malaysia’s commitment to using the real-time women’s rights and gender monitoring by Rapidpro have equality has developed over received antenatal care and time in both the domestic and 99 percent reported international arenas satisfaction with those ★​ The country effectively services; and 91 percent of responded to human registered lactating women development challenges and received postnatal care and reduced inequalities with the 97 reported that they are help of UNDP. satisfied with that support. 7.​ DIGITAL HEALTH INITIATIVE 8.​ STRENGTHENING HEALTH ★​ UNICEF has harnessed the SYSTEMS power of ICT to support ★​ Since 1990, through the countries to ensure that every UNICEF Health Systems child survives and thrives Strengthening Approach MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". remarkable gains have been ​ The evolution of the made in improving outcomes epidemic for children and women ​ Stigma and discrimination ★​ The number of children dying that discouraged people from before the age of five years seeking treatment has almost halved and similar ​ Widespread disruptions to progress has been made in HIV, TB and Malaria service maternal mortality delivery as a result of the ★​ Stunting (chronic COVID-19 pandemic, undernutrition) among impacting approximately children below age five three-quarters of HIV, TB decreased from 40 per cent in and Malaria programs. 1990 to 25 percent in 2013. ​ HIV prevention; testing and ★​ However, stunting continues case finding for HIV, TB and to affect an estimated 161 malaria; cancelled or delayed million children globally prevention activities; and ★​ In Afghanistan, nearly 1.2 medical and laboratory staff million children under one being reassigned to the fight year receive life-saving against COVID-19. vaccines B.​ INNOVATION FOR UPTAKE, ★​ On a yearly basis, 6 million SCALE AND EQUITY IN pregnant women receive IMMUNIZATION (INFUSE) vaccines that prevent nine ​ Urbanization and rapid diseases growth of population lived in ★​ In 2020, 50,364 pregnant urban settings. women and 79,362 children ​ Lack of incentive to develop who live more than two hours vaccines for neglected away from a health facility diseases that affect low- and received essential health care middle-income countries through mobile health teams ​ Lack of immunization infrastructure, health care workforce A.​ ACCELERATING THE END OF C.​ ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY AIDS, TB, MALARIA AS CITIES EPIDEMICS ​ Arise of urban health problems due to fast MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". changing globalization and ​ Most countries, particularly urbanization in both low- and middle-income developed as well as countries, have not developing countries. implemented a ​ Lack of program permanence comprehensive set of alcohol and other outcomes-related policies. issues. ​ Many countries are failing to ​ Developing countries lack the implement the best buys, resources to develop good with low and middle-income guidance to lead the project. countries more likely to have D.​ WHO FRAMEWORK weaker policies. CONVENTION ON TOBACCO F.​ UNDP STRATEGIC PLAN CONTROL (WHO-FCTC) ​ Unmet health needs ​ Limited administrative and ​ While the world has seen technical capacity, inadequate tremendous health progress financial resources, and in recent years, millions of pervasive interference by the people still don’t have access tobacco industry contributed to the health technologies to insufficient and uneven they need to survive and implementation between thrive. countries and regions. ​ Diseases affecting the ​ Poor intersectoral world’s poorest people failed coordination together with to attract the attention and low public and government funding needed to develop awareness of tobacco control new health technologies. as a development issue that ​ Even when treatments are has implications far beyond developed, they are often not health is a major impediment. available or delivered at the E.​ WHO’S GLOBAL STRATEGY country level, remaining out TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL of reach for the people who EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL need them most. ​ Poor progress since the G.​ DIGITAL HEALTH INITIATIVE endorsement of the ‘Global ​ Lack of strong, innovative strategy to reduce the harmful systems that can give use of alcohol’ by the World governments the information Health Assembly. and tools they need to MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD HEALTH 10: QUARTER 3 NOTES Galatians 6:4-5 "Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others". respond quickly to disease outbreaks and deliver on emergency health needs. ​ Innovation for development – exploring new ways of delivering programs to reach the hardest-to reach children and those most in need. ​ Digital health portfolio from birth registration to vaccine management and disease tracking. H.​ STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS ​ The health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) require integrated action on system-wide challenges. To address gaps in health service delivery, there is a need of evidence on which government agencies, research institutions, donors and civil society can act. ​ There is plenty of evidence for the effectiveness of standard interventions to prevent maternal and child deaths, but countries vary widely in the degree to which these interventions have been implemented. MADE BY: THERESE SOPHIA UBOD

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